Earlene Fowler Books in Order
Earlene Fowler has written 19 books, published between 1994 and 2012. The first book is Fool's Puzzle (1994) and the newest is The Road to Cardinal Valley (2012). Publication order is the reading order below. 16 of the 19 books listed here are in the Benni Harper series, which has its own page: Benni Harper books in order.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1994–2012
- Confirmed
- 19 of 19 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,885 in 16 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 81–122 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,885 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 16 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Earlene Fowler writes American mystery fiction. Her sleuth Benni Harper is a folk art museum curator in the invented California town of San Celina, and every Benni Harper title takes the name of a traditional quilt block pattern. Mariner's Compass (1999) took the Agatha Award for Best Novel. Fowler's 19 catalogued books run from Fool's Puzzle (1994) to The Road to Cardinal Valley (2012), and the Ruby McGavin and Love Mercy Johnson series sit alongside the main run. The catalogue is listed as likely complete.
How many Earlene Fowler books are there?
Earlene Fowler has 19 books, released between 1994 and 2012. They include 3 separate series.
Earlene Fowler Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Earlene Fowler books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 11994–3/4
- 219953203/4
- 319963203/4
- 419973053/4
- 519983023/4
- 619993223/4
- 720003063/4
- 820013203/4
- 920023203/4
- 1020033043/4
- 1120041123/4
- 1220043043/4
- 1320053523/4
- 1420063683/4
- 1520072993/4
- 1620093253/4
- 172010–3/4
- 1820113063/4
- 192012–3/4
Earlene Fowler series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Benni Harper books in order 16 books
Earlene Fowler books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Ruby McGavin in order
2 booksLove Mercy Johnson in order
1 book- 1. Love Mercy
Do you have to read Earlene Fowler books in order?
You only need to read Earlene Fowler books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Earlene Fowler
Start with Fool's Puzzle (1994), the first Benni Harper book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Earlene Fowler book?
The Road to Cardinal Valley (2012) is the newest Earlene Fowler book released so far.
Is there a new Earlene Fowler book coming?
No next Earlene Fowler book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Earlene Fowler at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Earlene Fowler title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Earlene Fowler books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,885 pages across the 16 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 313 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Earlene Fowler books, 10 of 19, were published in the 2000s.
What the Earlene Fowler books are about
18 of the 19 Earlene Fowler books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: benni harper (fictitious character) is tagged on 14 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Benni Harper (Fictitious character) 14 of 18 books
- Women museum curators 13 of 18 books
- Quiltmakers 12 of 18 books
- Quilting 8 of 18 books
- Harper, benni (fictitious character) 6 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 5 of 18 books
- Quilts 3 of 18 books
- Widows 3 of 18 books
- Women museum curators in fiction 3 of 18 books
- California 2 of 18 books
- Inheritance and succession 2 of 18 books